Sensitivity study of ice crystal optical properties in the 874 GHz submillimeter band Academic Article

abstract

• 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Testing of an 874 GHz submillimeter radiometer on meteorological satellites is being planned to improve ice water content retrievals. In this paper we study the optical properties of ice cloud particles in the 874 GHz band. The results show that the bulk scattering and absorption coefficients of an ensemble of ice cloud particles are sensitive to the particle shape and effective diameter, whereas the latter is also sensitive to temperature. The co-polar back scattering cross-section is not sensitive to particle shape, temperature, and the effective diameter in the range of 50-200 m.

authors

• Yang, Ping

published proceedings

• JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE SPECTROSCOPY & RADIATIVE TRANSFER

author list (cited authors)

• Tang, G., Yang, P., & Wu, D. L.

citation count

• 6

complete list of authors

• Tang, Guanglin||Yang, Ping||Wu, Dong L

publication date

• July 2016

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer  Journal

keywords

• 874 Ghz
• Ice Crystals
• Optical Properties
• Submillimeter

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2015.12.008

start page

• 416

end page

• 421

volume

• 178

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2015.12.008